No Fear Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet

ACT 1, SCENE 1
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BENVOLIO
MONTAGUE
BENVOLIO
MONTAGUE
He locks himself up alone in his bedroom, shuts his
windows to keep out the beautiful daylight, and
makes himself an artificial night. This mood of his is
going to bring bad news, unless someone smart can fix
what's bothering him.
My noble uncle, do you know why he acts this way?
I don't know, and he won't tell me.
Have you done everything you could to make him tell
you the reason?
I've tried, and many of our friends have tried to make
him talk, but he keeps his thoughts to himself. He
doesn't want any friend but himself, and though I
don't know whether he's a good friend to himself, he
certainly keeps his own secrets. He's like a flower bud
that won't open itself up to the world because it's been
poisoned from within by parasites, If we could only
find out why he's sad, we'd be as eager to help him as
we were to learn the reason for his sadness.
ROMEO enters.
BENVOLIO
MONTAGUE
Look-here he comes. If you don't mind, please step
aside. He'll either have to tell me what's wrong or else
tell me no over and over.
I hope you're lucky enough to hear the true story by
sticking around. (to his wife) Come, madam, let's go.
MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE exit.
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